Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Sammy McDonald reaches up for a kill attempt in Tuesday’s four-set loss to Hoover. McDonald led the Coyotes with 16 kills. With the fans not blowing in Joe Flores Gym, players and fans had to tolerate the heat on the hottest day of the year in the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball match against Hoover. The Coyotes out hit the Patriots 48-36, but too many hitting errors hurt the Coyotes in a four-set loss in Tuesday’s loss. Sammy McDo

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South lead-off batter Josiah Ortiz swings at a pitch in Tuesday’s loss to Roosevelt. The Stallions only had two hits in the 14-2 defeat at Eddie Chapa Field. The Madera South Stallions had trouble on the field, and it hurt in a 14-2 loss to the Roosevelt Rough Riders at Eddie Chapa Field. The Stallions committed as many errors as Roosevelt had hits (8) in Tuesday’s loss. To make matters worse, the Stallions only managed two hits, an

For The Madera Tribune Arcola School in 1926. “I always look back upon the days I spent in Arcola School as among the happiest and most profitable of my life, and I always feel a sense of reverence for the Arcola School of old, whenever I pass the present one” — Dr. Dow Ransom, 1938. With these words, one of Madera’s most highly respected physicians paid homage to the first school he attended upon arriving here as a 12-year-old lad in 1892, and in doing so, he helped keep an

For The Madera Tribune Madera High School physical education teachers were surprised to find another student in the Olive Avenue gym Tuesday morning when a young badger was found in the boiler room. Madera Animal Control Officers responded to a very unusual call for service at Madera High School after a badger was discovered hiding inside a storage closet on campus. While animal control officers handle a wide variety of calls, wildlife incidents like this are extremely rare.

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Madera Coyotes softball team celebrates with their medals and the West Valley Invitational championship trophy after defeating Tucson for the title Saturday at Verrado High School in Buckeye, Arizona. TOLLESON, ARIZONA — The Madera Coyotes softball team snapped its early two-game losing streak in style with six straight victories at the West Valley Invitational in Tolleson, Arizona, over the weekend. The Coyotes defeated Tuscon, 8-4, to ca

For The Madera Tribune The Wasuma Elementary first place team includes Hadley Abbott, Ian Alaniz, Asher Ausley, Ariel Barker, Dominic Garcia, Hosea Glauner, Brinley Lundquist, Emilia Mannara-Keeney, Ryan Reyes, Sofia Ruiz, Jayden Shapiro, Athena Sischo, Paige Stanfill, and coaches Rebecca Ahmadi and Donna Springer. The 2026 Madera County Academic Pentathlon culminated with the Super Quiz and Awards Ceremony on March 7 with Wasuma Elementary School claiming the team championsh

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Emilio Torres rises over the Torres block to put down a kill in Tuesday’s three-set victory over the Toros. Madera had 37 kills as a team in the win. Five days after picking up a three-set rivalry victory over the Madera South Stallions, the Madera Coyotes boys volleyball team recorded a three-set victory over the Matilda Torres Toros. Even with a slight line-up change, the Coyotes controlled most of the match. Torres took advantag

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Angel Duenas celebrates at second base after a second inning double in Monday’s big win over Tranquility. Duenas drove in four and scored three runs in the 18-hit attack. The Madera South Stallions took advantage of a lesser Tranquility squad to score 26 runs in a rout at Eddie Chapa Field. The 26 runs is among the most in a game for the Stallions, and may even be the record, pending more research. The Stallions scored 11 ru